# 日子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): rìzi
       (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ˙ㄗ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ri$^4$ zi$^3$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): ěrzi
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): жызы (řɨzɨ, I-I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jat$^6$ zi$^2$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): jat$^6$ zei$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): nyit$^6$ zi
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngit-chṳ́
* Jin (Wiktionary): reh$^4$ zeh
* Eastern Min (BUC): nĭk-cī
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): li̍t-chí / ji̍t-chí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): rig$^8$ zi$^2$ / rêg$^8$ zi$^2$ / rêg$^8$ ze$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yieg$^8$ ji$^2$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): r$^6$ zr / nyi$^6$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rìzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rìhzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: jih$^4$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: r̀-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryh.tzy
*** Palladius: жицзы (žiczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐ̩⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ri$^4$ zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: rh z
*** Sinological IPA : /zz̩²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: ěrzi
*** Sinological IPA : /ər²¹ t͡sz̩/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: жызы (řɨzɨ, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jat$^6$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: yaht jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jat$^9$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yed$^6$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐt̚² t͡siː³⁵/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: jat$^6$ zei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐt̚⁵⁵ t͡ʃei²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: nyit$^6$ zi
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲit̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngit-chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngid$^ˋ$ zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngid$^5$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋit̚² t͡sɨ³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: reh$^4$ zeh
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʐəʔ² t͡səʔ³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nĭk-cī
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡiʔ⁵⁻³³ t͡si³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kinmen, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍t-chí
*** Tâi-lô: li̍t-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lidcie
*** IPA (Kinmen): /lit̚⁵⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /lit̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /lit̚²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍t-chí
*** Tâi-lô: ji̍t-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jidcie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴¹/
*** IPA (Singapore): /d͡zit̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴²/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: rig$^8$ zi$^2$ / rêg$^8$ zi$^2$ / rêg$^8$ ze$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ji̍k tsí / je̍k tsí / je̍k tsṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zik̚⁴⁻² t͡si⁵²/, /d͡zek̚⁴⁻² t͡si⁵²/, /d͡zek̚⁴⁻² t͡sɯ⁵²/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: yieg$^8$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ziek̚² t͡si³¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: r$^6$ zr / nyi$^6$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩³/, /n̠ʲi²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

#### Noun

日子
* date; day
       Jīntiān shì yīge zhídé jìniàn de rìzi. [Pinyin]
       Today is a day worth commemorating.
* time
       Guò xiē rìzi wǒmen zàijiàn. [Pinyin]
       We will see each other again after quite some time.
    From: 1922, 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 匆匆
    Nǐ cōngmíng de, gàosu wǒ, wǒmen de rìzi wèishénme yī qù bù fùfǎn ne? [Pinyin]
    You the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return?
* one's life; days in one's life
    混混日子而已 ― hùnhùn rìzi éryǐ ― to just drift through life
       cóngcǐ guòzhe xìngfú kuàilè de rìzi [Pinyin]
       to live happily ever after
* (Leizhou Min) wedding day

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 日子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 日子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 日子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 日子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 日子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 日子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 日子兒, 日期兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 日子兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 日子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 日子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 日子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 日子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 日子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 日子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 日子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 日期, 日子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 日子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 日子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 日子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 日子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 日子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 日子 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 日子 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 日子 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 日子 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 日子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 日子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 日子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 日仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 日子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 日子, 日子腳 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 日子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 日子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 日仔, 日關 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 日子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 日子 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 日子 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 日子 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 日子 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 日子 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 日子 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 日子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 日腳 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 日腳 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 日腳 |
| Wu | Danyang | 日腳 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 日子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 日腳 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 日腳 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 日子, 日 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 日子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 日子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 日子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 日子 |

##### Derived terms

* 出頭日子 / 出头日子
* 大喜的日子
* 大紅日子 / 大红日子
* 大長日子 / 大长日子
* 太平日子
* 好日子 (hǎorìzi)
* 小日子 (xiǎorìzi)
* 扣日子
* 挨日子 (ái rìzi)
* 捱日子
* 擇日子 / 择日子
* 有日子 (yǒurìzi)
* 正日子 (zhèngrìzi)
* 混日子 (hùnrìzi)
* 窮日子 / 穷日子
* 苦日子 (kǔrìzi)
* 過日子 / 过日子 (guò rìzi)
* 關著門過日子 / 关著门过日子
* 龍虎日子 / 龙虎日子

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rìzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄗˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rìzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rìhzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: jih$^4$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: r̀-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhtzyy
*** Palladius: жицзы (žiczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

#### Noun

日子
* (literary) son of the Sun
    From: 《北史．卷九四．高麗傳》
    Wǒ shì rìzǐ, hébó wàisūn, jīn zhuībīng chuí jí, rúhé dé jì? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 日子(にっし) (nisshi)
* → Korean: 일자(日子) (ilja)

### References

* “Entry #837”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 日 | 子 |
| にち > にっ Grade: 1 | し Grade: 1 |
| goon ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Middle Chinese?”)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) にっし [níꜜsshì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɲ̟iɕːi]

#### Noun

日(にっ)子(し) • (nisshi)
* a day, date
    Synonyms: 日数 (nissu, hikazu), 日柄 (higara)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 日 | 子 |
| ひ Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | irregular |
For pronunciation and definitions of 日子 – see the following entry. :
| 【ひがら】 | [noun] day, date [noun] (obsolete) Alternative form of ひがらめ (higarame) Alternative spelling 日柄 |
(This term, 日子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Compounds

* 彦(ひこ) (hiko)
* 天(あめ)若(わか)日子(ひこ) (Amewakahiko)
* 活(いく)津(つ)日子(ひこ)根(ねの)命(みこと) (Ikutsuhikone no Mikoto)
* 大(おお)帯(たらし)日(び)子(この)命(みこと) (Ōtarashibiko no Mikoto)
* 帯(たらし)中(なか)津(つ)日(ひ)子(この)命(みこと) (Tarashinakatsuhiko no Mikoto)
* 豊(とよ)木(き)入(いり)日(ひ)子(この)命(みこと) (Toyokīrihiko no Mikoto)
* 日子穂穂手(ひこほほで)見(みの)命(みこと) (Hikohohodemi no Mikoto)
* 日子八(ひこや)井(いの)命(みこと) (Hikoyai no Mikoto)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN